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SECTION 5 – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on three proposals. A brief description of and tabulation of votes for each proposal are set forth below.
Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected the following nine directors for a term of one year. There were 884,088 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
| Nominee |
For | Withheld | ||
| Vickie L. Capps |
28,034,476 | 891,840 | ||
| Molly J. Coye, MD |
28,373,100 | 553,216 | ||
| Julie D. Klapstein |
28,117,515 | 808,801 | ||
| Teresa L. Kline |
28,301,871 | 624,445 | ||
| Paul B. Kusserow |
27,516,239 | 1,410,077 | ||
| Richard A. Lechleiter |
28,155,797 | 770,519 | ||
| Bruce D. Perkins |
28,372,410 | 553,906 | ||
| Jeffrey A. Rideout, MD |
28,373,719 | 552,597 | ||
| Ivanetta Davis Samuels |
28,466,386 | 459,930 |
Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. There were no broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 29,559,119 | 224,939 | 26,346 |
Proposal 3. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. There were 884,088 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 27,870,093 | 1,015,362 | 40,861 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AMEDISYS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Paul B. Kusserow | |
| Paul B. Kusserow | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | ||
| DATE: June 10, 2021 | ||